A beating victim is a Beating victim is a beating victim.
Apparently not in Alabama.
From an ALCOM story:
"Senate Bill 20 would
expand the list of protected professions to include “current or former”
public officials, meaning an attack against them could trigger felony
charges.
The legislation is also expected to add traveling health care workers, pharmacists, and social workers.
Professions
already designated as a specialty class under Alabama law include
police officers, firefighters, corrections officers, emergency medical
service personnel, utility workers, teachers, and postal workers.
Assaults against those workers while they are working in their jobs
carry enhanced penalties.
Archaeologists recently published a study of the tomb of cuddling
lovers, dating to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), more than 1,600
years ago, according to Jilin University.
In 2020, the tomb was initially unearthed in Datong City, Shanxi Province,
north China. The couple was buried in the same grave in a single
casket. The man had his arms around his lover’s waist, while the female
had her head on his shoulder and was cuddled against his chest. A silver
ring was also discovered on her left hand’s ring finger, according to
the researcher.
Further skeletal examination indicated that the
male tomb owner’s right arm had an unhealed infected fracture, whereas
the female’s bones looked to be healthy. This finding suggests that the
two may have killed themselves.
YES, Alabama is on the list of the top ten states.
Almost three-fourths of children who died of vehicular heatstroke,
also known as vehicular hyperthermia, were 2 years old or younger.
Although 53% had been forgotten in parked automobiles, 24% got into a vehicle on their own.
The 10 states where pediatric vehicular heatstroke was most common
are Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Mr. Trump’s comments were a blunt distillation of his administration’s
racial politics, which rest on the belief that white people have become
the real victims of discrimination in America. During his campaign for
president, Mr. Trump harnessed a political backlash to the Black Lives
Matter and other protests, saying there was “a definite anti-white feeling in this country,” and he joined his base in denouncing what he deemed to be “woke” policies.
Witnesses
explained to the panel how he had told year six pupils in a transition
day lesson that Martin Luther King was a “fraud and had embezzled lots
of money”, and that Rosa Parks “did not really exist”.
The matter came to light when a parent complained about the lesson, which was meant to be on medieval history."
In a survey of federal projects constructed with PWA funding in 1939:
“The population of Montgomery, the capital city of Alabama, was
66,079 in 1930. Its city hall was destroyed by fire in 1932 and shortly
thereafter a grant from the P.W.A. made possible the construction of a
new building, which was placed on a site adjoining the State capitol. (Correction---it does NOT adjoin the state Capitol, and is in fact seven blocks away from it.)
It is two stories in height and accommodates the water department,
police department, tax collector, health department, engineering
department, and the mayor and his staff. In addition, it provides an
auditorium with a seating capacity of 2,300, a stage, and miscellaneous
offices.
The exterior walls are red brick trimmed with stone, and the building
is fireproof throughout and air-conditioned. It is E-shaped in plan
with over-all dimensions of 131 by 311 feet. It was completed at a
construction cost of $623,815 and a project cost of $687,493.”
"The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution will print its final edition TODAY,
closing a 157-year chapter even as the newsroom doubles down on a
digital future.
But
inside and around the venerable institution, another story is
unfolding: a chorus of veterans who built the paper — on copy desks and
carrier routes, in pressrooms, bureaus and features sections — pausing
to say goodbye to the thud on the lawn, the rumble of the presses, the
ink that smudged fingers and white linen blouses."
Every family has a history. Here’s how to make sure it’s handed down.
What happens when the children are the historians.
By Bob Brody
Bob
Brody, a consultant and essayist, is author of the memoir “Playing
Catch with Strangers: A Family Guy (Reluctantly) Comes of Age.”
In
May, I visited an Italian high school to encourage a classroom of
students to explore their family histories. My audience was almost all
teenage boys. Some slouched, fidgeted and talked among themselves during
my presentation. A few scoffed, altogether justifiably, at my hapless
Italian.
I’ve
long taken an interest in family history, beginning with my own. I have
interviewed my mother about her life growing up profoundly deaf, and my
maternal grandmother about raising a deaf child during the Depression. I
once asked my father’s mother about her lineage only to discover, after
she died, that she left me an hour-long audiotape containing some
answers.
Even
so, I regret leaving many questions unasked, and I know many others
feel the same. This preoccupation ultimately led to creating a blog
called “Letters to My Kids,” urging parents to invest in their past and preserve family history as a legacy for future generations.
But
lately I’ve wondered: What if the protocol were reversed? What if the
children, rather than the parents, were the amateur historians?
Four
years ago I migrated to Guardia Sanframondi, an ancient hillside town
of 4,900 people in southern Italy. Farmers here have worked the
countryside for centuries, chiefly in vineyards and olive groves. It’s a
place of rich history and deep family roots. If any place were to know
its own history, surely this would be it.
I
tested that idea at the high school around the corner from my home,
where I instructed the students to ask their elders certain questions: How was your childhood? Why did you get married? What have you tried to teach your children? The broader and more open-ended the question, I suggested, the more revealing the answer.
Two
weeks later, they turned in the essays I had assigned. Some, invited to
do so, read the reports aloud, in faltering English with an Italian
accent. The stories that emerged brought together the everyday and the
expected with the surprising and the revelatory.
“My
parents started dating after they had an argument during rehearsal for a
play,” one student wrote. “When my father apologized to her, my mother
forgave him, and they went out to eat for the first time in Naples.”
“My
mother met my father when she was young,” wrote another, “since her
father had a flock, and her future husband was there to shear the sheep,
they started hanging out.”
“My
grandparents got married because my grandmother was pregnant with my
mother’s sister,” a student read aloud. “Back then, if you had children,
you had to get married.”
“My
grandmother passed away at 36 years old, a few hours after giving birth
to my mother,” wrote another. “So my grandfather, Luciano, raised my
mother and her brothers and sisters. Despite these difficulties, they
never lacked for anything.”
Most
of this information, I learned, was new to the students. A few of the
boys came up to me after class to tell me how glad they were to have
found it out. One said he now better understood and appreciated his
parents and grandparents, especially the struggles they faced. Another
said he was eager to discover more.
History
is lost unless documented. That lesson applies to families as much as
it does to politics, culture and war. If we neglect to capture our
personal family history, we’ll never know what happened, much less how
or why. And once we learn who our family was, we might also learn who we
are.
If
our children were ever tested on personal family history, many would
probably fail. Some years back, I conducted an informal survey of 100
parents and grandparents about recording their family histories. Three
out of four said they “should” do it. Four in 10 said they always
planned to do it but never got around to it. Kids today could grow up to
feel — and do — the same.
The
holiday season is one of the few times of the year that multiple
generations of many families come together to celebrate. As a resolution
of the new year, what if the youngest of us, who have the most to
learn, were invited to take on the role of family historian? All they
would have to do to begin is go around the dinner table asking
questions.
Who
are your mother and father? Who are your grandparents? Only if children
ask these questions are they likely to get complete answers. And once
they know, they’ll know for a lifetime. Then, when the time comes,
they’ll be ready to pass it along.
Which popular Alabama lake is crawling with snakes?
Lake Martin
is one of Alabama’s largest and most popular man-made lakes, playing a
significant role in the state’s recreation and tourism. With its 44,000
acres of water and 750 miles of wooded shoreline, it creates ideal
habitats for snakes such as water moccasins, rat snakes and
copperheads.
While the lake remains a resident
favorite for recreation, visitors should be aware that these slithering
residents are a natural part of the ecosystem.
Kash Patel made the FBI buy a custom fleet of armored BMW X5 for him to ride around in, according to MS NOW. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
“It
offers protection not just against attacks with blunt instruments and
handguns, but also against the world’s most widely used firearm, the
AK-47,” the car’s description reads.
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money.
“Government
agencies, including the FBI, routinely evaluate, replace and update
vehicle fleets based on usage, security needs or budgetary decisions,”
Ben Williamson told MS NOW. “The specific decisions referenced in this
article were evaluated partly as a way to save taxpayers millions by
picking cheaper selections or making cost structures more efficient.”
"Democratic political strategist James Carville recently weighed in on Doug Jones’ chance of winning the 2026 race for governor of Alabama.
“Doug is in the hunt,” Carville told his Politics War Room podcast co-host Al Hunt in a video this week. “If we’re ever going to succeed in a state like Alabama it’s going to be with a guy like Doug,” he said, calling Jones an “outstanding human.”
Carville pointed to U.S. Sen Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., as Jones’ best hope for winning the 2026 race for governor. He said Tuberville
is the “gold standard of stupidity,” when asked if Jones has a shot.
Carville added that he thinks Tuberville’s lack of intelligence could
only be topped by U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss."
He
interrupted prime time television to yell at the American people this
week because he does not know what to do besides yell. He can’t convince
and he can’t persuade and so he demands, in the hope that he can
browbeat the public into giving him the praise he thinks he deserves.
I think he’ll find that this isn’t going to work."
"Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned Republicans by abruptly
announcing her January retirement. The Rome Republican has since warned
that the party is headed for midterm defeat because of its unswerving
loyalty to Trump."
"The holiday season can be a difficult time for
many people, particularly those experiencing grief, loneliness or mental
health challenges. Help is available.
In the U.S., the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached by calling or texting 988, or via online chat at 988lifeline.org. The service is free and available 24/7.
Alabama has its own crisis numbers for residents to reach out to for those seeking help.
The
Crisis Center (Central Alabama) can be reached at 205-323-7777 or in
North Alabama at 256-716-1000 or 1-800-691-8426. Lifeline Counseling
Services can be reached at 251-602-0909."
“Particularly
disappointing is the silence from Alabama Republicans after their
attempts to bully, fire, and silence anyone who made a statement
following the death of Charlie Kirk,” said Sheena Gamble, a spokesperson
for the party.
“Not
a single one of them has come out and condemned President Trump’s
remarks either because they dare not criticize their king or because
they agree with his remarks. No calls to censure him, no calls to fire
anyone celebrating the death of the Reiners. Their silence screams.”
“The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted unanimously
today to name the institution The Donald J. Trump and The John F.
Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts,” center spokeswoman
Roma Daravi said in a statement.
Can we have a building somewhere WITHOUT the tRump name on it ???????????????????????????????????????
I'm NOT likely to be attending anything there, regardless of the name. But NOW I will avoid ANY offer to go there.
I wanted to see the vote totals to see who caved in, and the Washington Post story included this:
Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio member of the board, said the vote was “not unanimous.”
“I was on that call and as I tried to push my button to
voice my concern, to ask questions, and certainly not to vote in support
of this, I was muted. Each time I tried to speak, I was muted,” she
said in a video posted to X.
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"A teacher who told year six children that Rosa Parks "did not exist" and that Martin Luther King was guilty of plagiarism has been banned.
Patrick Lawler, 62, was found to have brought the teaching profession into disrepute after making a series of offensive comments.
Witnesses explained to the panel how he had told year six pupils in a transition day lesson that Martin Luther King was a “fraud and had embezzled lots of money”, and that Rosa Parks “did not really exist”.
The matter came to light when a parent complained about the lesson, which was meant to be on medieval history."
SOURCE: HERE.